News

28-04-2021

Shelter City Netherlands: Call for Applications for September 2021

We are launching a new call for human rights defenders at risk to participate in the Shelter City programme around September 2021. The deadline to apply is 14 May at 23:59 (CEST).

15-04-2021

Launching the Shelter City Alumni Community

Justice & Peace Netherlands has just launched the Shelter City Alumni Community for human rights defenders, and kicked off the platform last week with an online celebration for alumni of Shelter City in the Netherlands.

01-04-2021

Mid-term evaluation of the Samen Hier pilot

In our mid-term evaluation, we have looked at the experiences and results of Samen Hier until June 2020. These first results are largely positive, and create a solid foundation for Samen Hier.

30-03-2021

A humane migration policy

From 1 to 17 March, a ‘Lopend Vuur’ (‘Spreading the Fire’) was spreading through the Netherlands, during which vigils and routes took place in more than seventy villages and towns. The campaign showed that there is support for a different migration policy.

30-03-2021

Upcoming arrival of new Shelter City guests in the Netherlands

Justice & Peace is excited to announce the upcoming arrival of a new group of human rights defenders to Shelter City in the Netherlands for a period of three months during the spring of 2021.

22-02-2021

Valentine’s day campaign initiated by residents of Moria refugee camp

On Valentine’s day Now You See Me Moria asked us to contribute to spreading awareness about the situation in Moria. ‘’Is there any love left for the people in Moria?’’

27-01-2021

Extra safe spaces for journalists at risk, especially women journalists in Shelter City The Hague

For the next five years, Shelter City The Hague will provide more safe spaces to journalists coming from countries where freedom of expression and press freedom are restricted, with a special focus on supporting women journalists.

25-01-2021

York becomes the 18th city in the world and the first in the UK to join Shelter City

Justice and Peace Netherlands and the Centre for Applied Human Rights at the University of York have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), making the city of York in the United Kingdom (UK) the 18th Shelter City.

21-12-2020

Martin Luther King Lecture 2020: ‘We cannot walk alone’

On 10 December, International Human Rights Day, we had the pleasure of hosting this year's annual Martin Luther King Lecture in The Hague. Watch the event replay!

Shelter City Netherlands: Call for Applications for September 2021

Launching the Shelter City Alumni Community

Mid-term evaluation of the Samen Hier pilot

A humane migration policy

Upcoming arrival of new Shelter City guests in the Netherlands

Valentine’s day campaign initiated by residents of Moria refugee camp

Extra safe spaces for journalists at risk, especially women journalists in Shelter City The Hague

York becomes the 18th city in the world and the first in the UK to join Shelter City

Martin Luther King Lecture 2020: ‘We cannot walk alone’

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